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Archive for February 12th, 2008

Hands On With The N78

Posted by Vaibhav Sharma on February 12, 2008

The N78

The sucessor to the N73 is out and it is truly a fine mid end device. If the design doesn’t appeal to you its another matter but apart from that it will be very difficult to find fault with the N78. As the product manager himself said with the N78 they weren’t trying to do cutting edge stuff, just get the basics right and focus on the core user experience.

The N78 has several additions to it, the AGPS, 3.5mm jack, the 1200 mAh battery and so on. It is in these small yet definitive changes that it derives its strength from. The biggest factor for me apart from the AGPS is the music quality being upped to the N91 level.

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Hands On With The N96

Posted by Vaibhav Sharma on February 12, 2008

The N96

I have just had hands on time with both the devices and a meeting with the product managers of both devices. They were kind enough to answer everything we wanted to know about the respective devices. In this post I will go over my initial impressions of both devices while trying to incorporate all that I learnt talking to them. More shots here.

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Live Pictures of The N96 and The N78

Posted by Vaibhav Sharma on February 12, 2008

Sorry for the delay but here they are, live shots of the N78 and the N96! The complete flickr set is here and a few random pictures are below! 

The N96

The N78

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